Apparatus for covering channeled members for making bag frames



Dec. 30, 1941. w. c. HIERING 2,268,333 APPARATUS FOR COVERING CHANNELED MEMBERS FOR MAKING BAG FRAMES Filed May 17,. 1938 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Dec. 30, 1941. w, c, l m 2,268,333

APPARATUS FOR COVERING CHANNEL-ED MEMBERS, FOR MAKING BAG FRAMES Filed May 17, 1938 r s Sheets-Shet 2 n I I Dec. 30, 1941. w. c. HIERING APPARATUS FOR COVERING CHANNELED MEMBERS FOR MAKIIEG' BAG FRAMES Filed May 17, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 30, 1941 APPARATUS FOR COVERING CHANNELED MEMBERS FOR MAKING BAG FRAIVIES William C. Hiering, Newark, N. J assignor to The J. E. Mergott Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application May 17, 1938, Serial No. 208,502

2 Claims. (Cl. 154-41) This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for covering hand bag frames with a fabric.

Hand bag frames are generally U-shaped and formed from channeled members. Heretofore, such frames have been covered with fabric or the like after the channeled member has been bent into a U-shape or other desired shape. This is objectionable in that it is tedious and requires considerable time and skill, thus increasing the cost of a hand bag frame.

It is therefore, an object of this invention to provide a method for rapidly and conveniently covering hand bag frames with a fabric.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus for covering channeled members with a fabric or the like, such channeled members being adapted for use in the making of hand bag frames.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear are accmplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, and exhibited in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus for covering channeled members with a fabric, in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the apparatus,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view, partly in section, of an element of the apparatus,

Fig. 5 is a side elevational View, partly in section, showing details of the apparatus,

Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the apparatus taken on line $6 of Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing elements of the apparatus,

Fig. 8 is a perspective View showing another element of the apparatus,

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a channeled member covered with a fabric,

Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing the position of parts of the apparatus during the first step in the covering of the channel with a fabric,

Fig. 11 is a view showing the position of parts of the apparatus during the second step of the covering operation,

Fig. 12 shows the position of parts of the apparatus during the third step of the covering operation,

Fig. 13 shows the position of parts of the apparatus during the fourth step of the covering operation,

Fig. 14 shows the channel completely covered, and

Figs. 15, 16, 17 and 18 show further the steps in the covering of the channel with a fabric, and

Fig. 19 is a sectional View showing a detail of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, the apparatus is shown to comprise a base plate I on which is mounted a block 2 having a depression in which is positioned a member 3, the latter being provided with a recess 4, in which moves a member 5, the latter having an upwardly projecting platen 6 which passes through a slot 50 in the member 3 and is adapted to support a channeled member during the covering operation.

Slidably mounted on the member 3 are a pair of spaced plates 1 and 8, which have pins 9 extending downwardly through openings in the block 2, the lower ends of the pins being provided with rollers I0 movable in slots 1 l in a slidable plate l2, which is connected to a lever 13 by a slot l4 and a pin I5, the lever being pivotally connected at I6 to the block 2.

Pivotally connected also at IT to the block 2 are arms l8, which are connected by a bar 19 positioned in front of the block 2 and above the lever I3. The arms l8 carry upwardly extending pins 49 which engage the underside of the member 5.

Mounted on the plate I behind the block 2 is a bracket 20 which pivotally supports a lever 2|, upon which is mounted a block 22, carrying a blade 23 in a slot 24. The blade is resiliently held in a vertical position by a spring 25 mounted in a recess in the block 22 (see Fig. 19). By means of this arrangement the blade readily accommodates itself to any variance in the position of a channel supported by the platen 6. The block 22 carries an electric heater 21 which is connected to a cord 28, and likewise the block 2 and member 5 are heated by means of an electric heater 29 connected to a cord 30.

In operation, a strip of fabric 3| having an adhesive substance on one side thereof is placed upon the member 3, between the spaced plates 1 and 8, over the platen 6, with the adhesive side upward, (see Fig. 10). A channeled metal strip 32 such as is used in making a hand bag frame is placed on the fabric directly above the platen 5. The channeled member 32 is provided at each end thereof with flat portions 33 having openings 34 through which pass guide pins 35 mounted on the block 2 (see Fig. 8).

The lever 2| is then moved downward to cause the blade 23 to enter the member 32 and force the channeled member and fabric downward together with the platen 6, as shown in Fig. 11. This operation causes the fabric to tightly adhere to the underside and outer side walls of the channel.

The lever 2| is then raised, to withdraw the blade, after which the lever I3 is-moved laterally to move the rollers l and pins connected thereto, which causes the spaced plates 1 and 8 to move inwardly and fold the fabric over the edges of the side walls of the channel as shown in Fig. 12; after which the lever 2| is moved downward again to cause the blade 23 to enter the channeled member and fold the fabric down along the inner walls of the same, see Figs. 13 and 18.

During the descent of the blade 23, it engages a wire spring 26 mounted upon plate 8, which spring tends to guide and resiliently hold the blade in a vertical position. The plates"! and 8 are then returned to their original positions as shown in Fig, 10.

The lever 2| is then raised; and then the bar 19 is pressed downward to cause the pins 49 to raise the member to its initial position as shown in Fig. 10.

The above operations can be performed rapidly by a skilled operator and the channeled members are accurately and uniformly covered with the fabric. After the members have been covered with fabric or the like, they are bent into U-shape for use as frames in ladies hand bags,

purses, etc.

From the above description it will be seen that there has been provided a simple and effective machine for rapidly and conveniently covering channeled frame members with a fabric or similar material.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which, obviously, embodiments may be constructed, including many modifications, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, herein set forth and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an apparatus for covering channeled members with a fabric, a block having a longitudinal slot therein, an elongated straight platen movable in said slot, a base upon which said block is mounted, a bracket supported by the base, a lever pivotally supported by said bracket, a. straight blade supported by said lever and adapted to move in said slot, a pair of members positioned on both sides of said slot and slidably mounted on said block, pins attached to the underside of said members, said block having openings through which said pins extend, a plate slidably mounted on the underside of the block and having angularly directed slots receiving the lower ends of the pins, a handle pivoted to said block and engaging said plate to slide the plate to cause the members to move over the slot, a pair of arms pivoted on said block, a bar connecting said arms, and pins carried by said arms and positioned beneath said platen to enable the platen to be raised by pressing downward on the bar.

2. In an apparatus for covering straight channeled members with a fabric, a block having a longitudinal slot therein, an elongated straight platen bar movable in said slot, a base upon which said block is mounted, a bracket supported by the base, a lever pivotally supported by said bracket, 2. straight blade supported by said lever and adapted to move into the slot, a pair of members slidably mounted on both sides of the slot, pins attached to the underside of said members and extending through openings in the block, a plate slidably mounted on the underside of the block and having angularly directed slots receiving the lower ends of said pins, means to slide said plate to cause said members to move over the slot, means to raise the platen in the slot, and a wire spring mounted on one of said members and adapted to engage the blade to resiliently hold the blade in a vertical position,

WILLIAM C. HIERING. 

